The "Afterglow"

[boarmountain]

Here is Abames "Afterglow" , a 2 feather flatwing.

[flyslinger]

all the flies you tie/post look great. i don't mean to sound insulting, but do they work as great as they look? the reason i ask is they seem extremely sparse compared to anything i tie, or have seen in any fly shops. if they do work as well as they look then i've been wasting qutie a bit of material.




thanks,



dan

[boarmountain]

Believe me, they do work. The sparceness is what makes it so good.Most small bait (under 7" or so) is usually quite translucent.These flies imitate that well. Earlier this year, I took out Mark Sedotti and a friend of his on my boat. His friend had never caught a striper before. Mark went in my fly box and gave him a yellow and white flatwing about 6" long and he was able to hook up quite often.
I will tell you though, sometimes a heavily dressed fly is the way to go too. Depends on the conditions. However 80% of the time I fish w/ sparce flies. Try both and let the fish decide.